International Rescue Committee

IN BRIEF

75 percent reduction in WAN traffic

65 percent reduction in HTTP traffic

45 percent reduction in MAPI traffic

99 percent reduction in SMTP traffic

The IRC is a 75-year-old non-profit that focuses on refugee issues. They have 10,000 staff members located in 42 countries throughout the world. In places like Africa, where satellite-based communication is the only way to go, IT was far from a reliable and dependable resource. They needed help and turned to Riverbed.

Riverbed's WAN optimization solution was an ideal fit for the IRC's low-bandwidth, high-latency environments. After installing SteelHead appliances, they were able to dramatically reduce their WAN costs. Specifically, they saw a 75 percent reduction in WAN traffic, a 65 percent reduction in HTTP traffic, a 45 percent reduction in MAPI traffic, and a 99 percent reduction in SMTP traffic.

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“We simply don’t have as close of a relationship with other vendors as we do with Riverbed,” says Gerry Holmes, Director of Information Technology, Canadian Cancer Society. “The Riverbed Customer Network is a big part of the reason why we’ve been able to maintain that connection.”